MSHSL Foundation Form B Grant Application 2024-2025

Only a School Administrator (Activities Director, Principal or Superintendent), Region Secretary or Athletic/Activity Conference must submit this form.

Please click here to review Form B Instructions prior to completing the Grant Application for Form B.

Form B Grant Request Purpose: To assist member schools, school districts and related conferences or regions with costs in three specific areas including leadership initiatives, health and safety, and transportation that reduces barriers to participation.

Mission Statement: Founded in 2007, the Minnesota State High School League Foundation is a nonprofit association, serving both public and private schools, created to complement the Minnesota State High School League by providing support for Minnesota’s high school youth to participate in athletics and fine arts. Minnesota State High School League Foundation’s goals are to promote the growth of high school students through participation in valuable extra-curricular activities.

Awarding of Grants: The primary goal of the Foundation will be to award grants that assist, recognize, promote, and fund extra-curricular participation by high school students in athletic and fine arts programs. These grants will be awarded based upon gender balance, school size, and geographic location to the extent possible.

The application must be submitted to the MSHSL Foundation no later than November 15, 2024. All required information must be included in order for the Application to be submitted and considered.

All required fields are indicated with an *

School or Organization Information
Address
Grant Amount Requested

Please identify the specific amount requested in the following format $0,000.00 (Maximum $5,000.00)

Grant Categories
Select all the categories that apply to your grant application.
Grant Application Questions

  1. Describe your grant request, the amount requested and the timetable for completing the project.

Ensure the request meets one or more of the three specific areas. For items that will not be approved by the MSHSL Foundation Board of Directors, see the instructions here.

2. Describe how the funds requested for the identified project furthers the stated mission and primary goal(s) of the MSHSL Foundation and the mission and goals of your school district as identified by your school board.

3. Are there any other similar programs that serve the same geographic area and groups of people identified in question 1 above?  If the answer is, “Yes”, please explain the relationship between the two programs.  If the answer is, “No”, please skip question 4 and proceed to upload your documents.

4.  List other actual or proposed sources for funding of the project, including the amounts of the other requests and commitments from other entities.  Indicate those sources from which commitments have been received with an asterisk.

Supporting Documents Upload

If you are a School or School District, please upload one PDF file including the following required items: 

1. MSHSL Foundation Board of Director’s Resolution, click here for sample Resolution, requesting funds from the Foundation as identified in your grant request OR a copy of the official minutes from the school board meeting when the grant request was approved (required). 

2. Line Item Budget, click here for sample line item budget (required).

3. Other documents you may determine to be important for the MSHSL Foundation Board of Directors to review (optional). 

 

If you are a MSHSL Region Committee or MSHSL Athletic/Activity Conference, please upload one PDF file including the following required items:A copy of the IRS determination letter regarding exempt status or other evidence of exempt status (required). 

1. A copy of the most recent Form 990 or Form 990T, if applicable, with all schedules submitted to the IRS and/or an explanation of the organization’s fund balance, including restricted and non-restricted funds (required).

 2. A list of the names of the Board of Directors or other governing body (required). 

3. Overall organization budget, including a specific project budget indicating items for which MSHSL Foundation support is requested.  You may attach a brief narrative explanation of the budget if necessary (required). 

4. Other documents you may determine to be important for the MSHSL Foundation Board of Directors to review (optional). 

One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
Items that will not be approved by the MSHSL Foundation Board of Directors.

The following items will not be approved by the MSHSL Foundation Board of Directors:

  • Athletic Trainers
  • Awards (i.e. trophy, plaque, medal, ribbon, trophy case, etc.)
  • Banners
  • Banquets
  • Capital Expenditures (i.e. construction costs, equipment, helmets, reconditioning, pole vault pit, pitching machine, etc.).
  • Club sports or non-League sponsored activities
  • Coaching Clinics – Athletic or fine arts activities specific (i.e. football or volleyball coaching clinic)
  • Computers, iPads, cameras or other technological devices
  • Food, refreshments, meals (including those provided at a conference)
  • Hall of Fame
  • Membership dues in organizations or registrations for State and National Conferences
  • Salaries or benefits
  • Sixth grade participants or activities programs
  • Start-up funding for MSHSL activities
  • Student surveys
  • T-shirts or similar apparel
  • Two-way radios
  • Uniforms/Warm-ups/Performance Attire
  • Incomplete applications that are submitted without an application AND a line item budget

Other items, similar in nature but not specifically noted above, may also be rejected by the Board.